I lost my innocence at age 27. It was the day I realized what is on a food label may not really be what is in the food.
Is it natural or artificial?
When the analytical tests showed that the "natural" food flavor I was trying to copy was actually artificial, I was shocked. Now, I look back and think how unreasonable I was. People lie to make money, it exists in every market and food is no exception. When it's too good to be true, it's probably not true.
The only way to know if a food flavor has artificial chemicals added is to run an assay on Gas Chromatography (GC), Mass Spectrometer (MS) or perhaps to do Carbon Isotope Testing. Even then, a person skilled at cheating and lying can may still be able to hide the truth.
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